Royal Summoner Class Guide: Best Arts and Skills

Royal Summoner is a type of Attacker class in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and is the default class of Melia. Read on to learn more about the class, including its best arts, skills, characters, accessories, and gems, as well as find out how to unlock the class.

Royal Summoner Class Overview

Royal Summoner Basic Information

Class		Role	Default Character
Royal Summoner		Attacker	Melia
Attack	Defense	Health	Support
A	C	S	A
Description
A fearsome Attacker combining dynamic elemental attacks with reliable support.

Character Class Rating

Class Rating is the speed at which each character ranks up an individual class, so the lower their Class Rating, the slower it takes for them to rank up the class.

How to Unlock Royal Summoner

Recruit Melia during the Post Game

After completing the main story, return to Castle, 1st Floor in the Keves Castle Region and head north for a quest related event. Melia will join your party and unlock the Royal Summoner class.

How to Recruit Melia and Hero Rating

Best Royal Summoner Characters

Recommended Characters
Noah	Taion

Noah benefits from greatly from channging to a Royal Summoner, due to his initial class being an Attacker type as well as being the Class Inheritor. Although Taion's intial class type is Healer, this allows him to use the royal Summoner's Ether-based attacks to great effect.

Best Royal Summoner Arts

Recommended Combat Arts

Art	Attack Type	AoE	Base Effect
Starfall	Ether Attack	One Target	None
Elemental Discharge	Ether Attack	One Target	Boosts elemental damage by 50%.
Summon Element	Ether Attack	AOE around User	None

Using Summon Element and Elemental Discharge in tandem will be the main means for dealing damage with the Royal Summoner, increasing your overall attack as the battle progresses by summoning and discharging Elements. The high damage output from Starfall is further enhanced by its ability to Topple enemies.

Recommended Master Arts

Rank 1 and 10 Master Arts

Art	Base Effect	Class Rank
Overfall	Ether Def. Down	Tactician Rank 10
Maximum Voltage	Unblockable / Atk. Up	Ogre Rank 10
Glitter Stream	Side Break	Incursor Rank 10

Glitter Stream adds Break to the list of debuffs that a Royal summoner can inflict, while Maximum Voltage makes it harder for enemies to avoid taking high damage. As many of the Royal Summoner's Arts are Ether-based, lowering the Ether Defense of enemies with Overfall is very helpful to have.

Rank 20 Master Arts

Best Master Skills for Royal Summoner Builds

Rank 5 Master Skills

Skill	Effect	Class Rank
Cypher Edge	Boosts Critical Rate by 10%.	Swordfighter Rank 5
Ethereal Ability	Boosts damage dealt by ether Arts by 30%.	Tactician Rank 5
Now That's Tactics!	At start of Chain Attack, increase TP by 5.	Lost Vanguard Rank 5

Ethereal Ability is particularly useful due to the Royal Summoner having mostly Ether-type attacks. Since Royal Summoners have decent Critical Rate, increasing it further with Cypher Edge can increase their damage output.

Now That's Tactics! makes them more effective during Chain Attacks, and increases the boost they receive when attacking first in a chain.

Rank 15 Master Skills

Skill	Effect	Class Rank
Covert Attack	Reduces aggro generated from attacks by 20%.	Swordfighter Rank 15
Dynamite Spirit	Boosts damage dealt by 20% when HP is at 90% or higher.	Ogre Rank 15

Once you have access to a few Rank 15 Master Arts, it is best to replace some of those above with Covert Attack and Dynamite Spirit to reduce aggro and boost your damage.

Best Accessories for Royal Summoner Builds

Master Arts are charged before battle	Reduced aggro when auto-atacking	Increased Attack
Wind Bracelet	Gold Necklace	Silver Belt

Since a Royal Summoner's effectiveness requires time, equipping items that allow you to use your Master Arts as soon as possible is very helpful. Aggro reduction from auto-attacks allows you to summon and discharge Elements without pressure from enemies.

List of Accessories

Best Gems for Royal Summoner Builds

Redcued aggro when using Arts	Increases Dexterity	Increases Attack
Disperse Bloodlust	Accurate Grace	Steelcleaver

Reducing aggro when using arts is important for staying healthy when using Arts, while increased Dexterity and Attack will make their attacks more powerful and accurate.

All Gems and Their Effects

List of Royal Summoner Arts

Talent Arts

Base Art Information
Element Genesis	Area of Effect	AOE around User	Power Multiplier	750%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Role Action Recharge	Recharge Gauge	4
	Effect	Boosts damage by discharging all elementals on Art execution.

Combat Arts

Base Art Information
Power Effect	Area of Effect	Self	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	50s
	Effect	Boosts damage dealt by 80% and damage taken by 40%.
Starfall	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	300%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Topple
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	30s
	Effect	None
Shadow Stitch	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	200%
	Buff/ Debuff	Bind	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	35s
	Effect	Inflicts Bind when Art hits enemy rear.
Elemental Discharge	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	200%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	16s
	Effect	Boosts elemental damage by 50%.
Summon Element	Area of Effect	AOE around User	Power Multiplier	120%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	30s
	Effect	None

Master Arts

Art	Rank Mastered
Summon Element	1
Elemental Discharge	10

Hero-Exclusive Arts

Base Art Information
Starlight Kick	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	360%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Topple
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	26s
	Effect	None

Arts Guide: List of All Arts and Effects

List of Royal Summoner Skills

Class Skills

Skill	Base Effect
Here Shall I Stand	Boosts Element Damage by 60% and Element buffs by 30%.
Fortified Ether Guard	Boosts Ether Defense by 10%.
Essence of Ether	Boosts allies attack by 20%, and lowers enemy Guard Rate by 5%. (The effect cannot be stacked)
Elemental Boost	Damage dealt when unleashing Elements is increased by 20%. (Maximum is 400%)

Master Skills

Skill	Rank Mastered
Essence of Ether	5
Fortified Ether Guard	15

List of All Skills

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Related Guides

All Classes and Roles

All Attacker Classes

List of Attacker Classes
Swordfighter	Ogre	Flash Fencer
Yumsmith	Full Metal Jaguar	Stalker
Incursor	Soulhacker	Martial Artist
Seraph	Machine Assassin	Royal Summoner

All Defender Classes

List of Defender Classes
Zephyr	Heavy Guard	Guardian Commander
Lone Exile	Lost Vanguard	Noponic Champion

All Healer Classes

List of Healer Classes
Medic Gunner	Tactician	War Medic
Thaumaturge	Strategos	Signifer
Troubadour	Lifesage	-